because nurses. by the way, many people, hmm, seriously, if i were to point out that the czech republic , as we see it today, was built by ukrainian hands in the last 30 years, that is why it is necessary to treat those who do this work with respect, but not less such stereotypes existed today, many czechs look at ukrainians with completely new eyes, not only as people who know how to work, who are, let's say, farmers, work on the land, but also, um, they see ukrainians as uh, brave warriors who are capable and able and willing to defend one's homeland from enemy aggression, this causes extreme respect in the czech republic, and we see it, uh, every day we see it from the way ukrainian

flags are hung. how are the messages coming to us? and these are thousands of messages passing through the embassy with words of support. it seems to me that over the past three months, ukrainians have gained incredible respect and support from the czechs precisely because of the heroism of our soldiers. defend our state, what is the attitude of the czech republic to the european prospects of ukraine, is it ready to support the vote for granting ukraine the status of a candidate for eu membership in july, it is definitely ready, we have confirmation from everyone at all levels during the last few years days ago, we had talks with the deputy head of the office of the president of the games letter and we

held meetings with the leadership of the government of the parliament of the ministry of foreign affairs, including meetings with the prime minister support at all levels, the czech republic will vote for granting ukraine the status of a candidate, more than that, i will not just vote, she will make every effort to convince those countries that have not yet decided, and the czech republic as an uh, hmm country, what will happen in a month it will already be to preside over the european union. she has a lot of tools and a lot of influence for this. we really hope for the support of the czech republic precisely in order to convince everyone who is still undecided that this decision is absolutely necessary and also his it is necessary to accept in june the issue of milorzeman , the president of the czech republic, who was once called a friend of putin, then he changed his opinion about him, sometimes he is not going to ukraine until

it happened behind our backs according to the article of brave ancestors for life, a hero of the past, or our roots , those changed the course of history, god, we are broken and unforgettable in our warriors, the strength of all our heroes, we will win today over our ukraine from bohdan to azov , because freedom is in our blood,

you are watching the program of the ukrainian voice service time of america, time, i am zoreslav baidyuk. i welcome you to our studio in washington. russia's war in ukraine showed how much economic relations with authoritarian regimes can create vulnerability, the secretary general of nato said during the world economic forum in davos, where there was a lot of talk about ukraine and the threat of a global food crisis due to russian aggression about the world's food security, us president joe biden also spoke during his visit to japan, potential ways of exporting ukrainian grain to international markets the ministers of foreign affairs of the usa and ukraine discussed the threat and ways to solve it, we will talk with yulia yarmolenko from the white house and our european correspondent bohdan tsyupin.

congratulations to bohdan's colleagues. former secretary of state kissinger how this thesis was generally perceived by the participants of the zaroslava davos i think that this thesis was probably perceived as an excuse as an impetus for new discussions that have actually been going on for a long time in the circles of observers and commentators, and i think that it is necessary to emphasize what mr. kissinger expressed attracted a lot of attention because it is about a veteran of american politics, a 98-year -old former secretary of state, who is actually history, but his thesis was not the only one, obviously, that resonates at this huge meeting, for example, today, another over 90-year-old veteran , george soros, an economist and financier, voiced the thesis that the west must necessarily contribute to the defeat of russia, because if putin does not suffer

defeat, the world is in danger of a third world war and our civilization will not be able to withstand what putin has prepared. there are a lot of discussions. i don't think that it is possible to single out only one mr. kissinger and say that this is something that, let's say, set the tone in davos. no, we see very, very many statements and also recognition that despite what commentators say and even what politicians say, the most important thing is the fate of ukraine, the fate of actual european security, is being decided now on the battlefield because russia claims that it is leading the offensive, it is not is ready to make some concessions, and ukraine also says that now it is not about concessions, but about protection from the russian invasion. as for assessments and forecasts

, i would perhaps suggest listening to what the secretary general of nato and jens stowe said in taoiseach, who assessed the situation in as a result of the aggressive actions of putin and russia, instead of lying down, ms. flowers, prestantin is in a legally binding proposal for an agreement that russian president putin sent to nato in december, which he wanted us to sign and for it to have legal force contained a clear demand that nato not expand any more, and now he has an additional expansion of nato. he also did not achieve his strategic goals in ukraine . the plan was to capture kyiv and overthrow the government. in order to control ukraine, he was forced to withdraw troops from kyiv and from the north of the country. russian troops were expelled from kharkiv. region and the offensive in donbas is progressing very slowly, i do not predict how the war will end, no one knows, but i

say it is obvious that russia in ukraine has not achieved its goals, the plan was a short military the operation turned out to be long and expensive for russia, bohdan's war of pleasure ukraine and russia's war were the leading topics of discussion, in particular, the food crisis of a global scale, which threatens the world if the war drags on, did the participants propose any specific steps to prevent the problem, specific steps, specific proposals are already being heard because it is not a crisis its potential is already reflected in food prices. in many countries, representatives of key charitable organizations are already saying that millions of people are at risk of death due to the fact that there is a shortage on the market grain, which separately came from ukraine, specific proposals, well, commentators, and some political figures say that it is necessary to help ukraine unblock the black sea, unblock the odesa

port, but when it comes to government officials, no country currently expresses readiness to, let's say, send its troops or ships in order to try to drive away the russian fleet from the ukrainian coast , although there are reports that ukraine will receive anti-ship harpoon missiles soon, which may to influence the situation if we talk about specifics , one of the specific proposals is the european union's plan for the so-called lines of solidarity e-e about e-e that the eu announced, they provide for the use of railways and roads and other transport in the network of the european union in order to export by land from ukraine to the market so that ukraine could sell its grain, but experts say that even if it is successful, this opportunity will only allow ukraine to

export about 20% of the necessary grain, because ships , experts say, cargo ships are the best way to export such a huge amount of grain that ukraine needs to take to the world markets. meanwhile , ursula von der lein, the president of the european commission, said today in davos that this is a topic about which we will probably have to start a discussion with moscow to insist that it not do what she called the use of food and the use of hunger as a weapon, here is an excerpt from ukraine's speech in the russian-occupied part of ukraine. in addition, the army from krasnivlovsk confiscates grain stocks and equipment for some. this is a reminder of the dark past the times of the seizure of crops by the soviet authorities and the devastating famine of the 1930s, today russian

artillery is deliberately shelling grain warehouses in ukraine, and russian ships in the black sea are blocking ukrainian ships loaded with wheat and sunflowers, everyone sees the consequences of these shameful actions, world wheat prices have jumped and the most vulnerable population suffers in unstable countries , we will now move to the white house yulia how the administration of us president joe biden sees a solution to the problem of the global food crisis caused by russia's aggression in ukraine now glory in general, the position of the biden administration seems to be best described by national security adviser jake sullivan , who was on an asian tour with the president. he said that it was russia's war of aggression against ukraine that led to 10 million tons of food being stuck in ukrainian ports, which actually cannot get to the world market. markets and feed people both in africa and in asia and in general

around the world and they say that the biden administration is working together with ukraine zones with various partners and allies in order to contribute to the entry of this food into the world markets, which is extremely necessary, and today, in particular, this was the topic of a telephone conversation between the minister of foreign affairs of ukraine dmytro kulemo and the secretary of state of the united states anthony blinken, according to the state department , it is said that they discussed ways to export ukrainian grain to world markets, which the exact ways are not detailed here, it is also important to say that president biden, while on a tour of asian countries, actually violated this questions over and over, stressing that the consequences of the russian war in ukraine are already felt all over the world, that is why this question requires a global answer julia, as you already mentioned, joe biden is currently in japan and as part of a tour

of asian countries, ukraine has become one of the leading topics of his negotiations, what exactly tried to convey to his asian colleagues the president of the usa and whether he achieved any support for his policy in ukraine, you know zaroslava , in fact, president biden repeatedly says that the whole world is now experiencing a dark hour in common history. he says that the russian war against ukraine is not only a local european problem, it is a threat to the entire world order and another message that he is actually trying to convey to china. he talks about the inadmissibility of changes in the world order. that it is necessary to observe territorial integrity and he is trying to warn china against a potential attack or invasion of taiwan, saying that there will be a powerful response to this, actually shows an example of how it happened with the global response to aggression russia against ukraine, and you know some countries, such as japan, they support the position of president biden for other countries, president bain voices such messages eh ukraine russia

's brutal and unprovoked war against ukraine has caused a humanitarian catastrophe, innocent civilians are killed in the streets, millions of people are forced to become internally displaced persons or refugees and this is more than a european problem, it is a global problem if you turn on the tv and see what russia is doing now. it seems to me that putin is just trying to destroy culture, he is not even trying to hit military targets anymore. he is hitting every school, church, every natural history museum as if he is trying to destroy ukrainian culture and the world has to fight it and we are doing it. the global food crisis only got worse because russia is blocking the export of a million tons of grain from ukraine, and while russia continues its war on the united states, we will continue to work with our partners on a global response, because it will affect all corners of the world

thank you, colleagues. let me remind you that yuliya yarmolenko from the white house and bohdan tsyupin from london were in direct contact with us. because of the war, the harvest in ukraine this season will be half as much as last year. the ukrainian government predicts that since ukraine is the world's leading grain exporter, world wheat prices have gone up from on the one hand, it is good for farmers in other countries, particularly in the united states, but american farmers complain that the cost of growing their products has increased, says maria prus, who grows corn and soybeans in her fields in the north of the state of illinois, corn was sold for two dollars, today it is already eight bushels , and prices for soybeans are breaking records, but this is due to other prices, such as the cost of fertilizers and seeds, when corn was two dollars, seeds cost $ 80 per acre

, now 140, 150, 160 $ per actor it became twice as expensive first the rise in prices was caused by the pandemic and disruptions in the global supply network now the food situation in the higher world has worsened russia's war in ukraine almost nothing is exported from the black sea and russia exported almost everything through black sea ports ukraine now due to the war, the world export of wheat has fallen by a third, this also affects the export of corn, experts also point out that the sanctions imposed by the west on russia for its aggression in ukraine lead to an increase in the price of fertilizers . therefore, the cost of tilling the fields increases. tatl says that diesel prices have doubled in the last year. i know that they want to switch to clean energy sources, but all farmers use diesel, which cannot be limited for

we are now the driver in ukraine, the drought in the western united states and in south america is also added, at the same time, due to the increase in the price of energy sources, the demand for biofuel from corn and soybeans is increasing, all this leads to record inflation, inflation is strong , it affected us eight nine ten percent , it affects everything from the farm to the final consumer in mid-may due to a decrease in food exports from ukraine, the world leader in the cultivation of wheat, corn, us president jumayden visited the vilyanosi farm, where he called of american farmers to increase production is fighting on two fronts at home inflation and rising prices abroad this is helping ukrainians protect their democracy and feed those starving around the world due to russian atrocities and american farmers understand that putin's war has cut off critical food sources we must continue to invest in our farmers to

reduce the cost to consumers and have the most efficient production here in the us vs. farmers now say that the more they earn the more are forced to spend profitable now and 20 years ago it is very similar just now more money goes through us tractors now cost 250 thousand dollars before we bought them for 80 thousand so it is just a matter of inflation but the standard of living has not changed much it is in wealthy countries the war in ukraine can lead to russia to millions of cases of starvation for these countries, in cooperation with the world bank, the countries of the sumy group launched an initiative to increase the supply of food , fertilizers, energy carriers and financial support however, this program will be able to help in the short term, instead, the un says that the world food crisis is caused by russian aggression in ukraine. it may drag on for years

. although its unrecorded prices, despite the sanctions , russia's economy continues to function better than predicted, certain european analysts believe that moscow continues to trade oil , experts offer, in their opinion, an effective way to stop the flow of oil from russia but will politicians take such a radical step, continues iryna matviychuk, despite economic sanctions from western countries , russia continues to replenish its budget at the expense of energy resources , analysts' expectations that due to the war in ukraine oil exports from russia will significantly decrease, many

people expected that we will see a loss of oil production capacity in the first month from two to three million barrels per day, in particular, the international energy agency believed so and many consultants, but this happened, in fact, production decreased by less than a million barrels per day, i think now we are at the stage when we are thinking about what to do next. how can we increase the economic pressure on russia, because what we have done so far is not working after moscow began to threaten the west with a response in response to the sanctions in europe, calls to switch to alternative energy sources have become louder and louder, in particular, in france, farmers produce biofuel that can provide hundreds or even thousands of nearby homes with electricity. they mix agricultural crops with waste before the enzyme in portugal to reduce dependence on fossil fuels on the water they installed 12,000 floating solar panels the size of four football fields meanwhile the price of oil continues to rise which means that even if russia

sells less oil it makes more money this tree this is such a paradox, the more chances there are to withdraw this oil from the market, the greater will be the impact on prices for countries that import russian energy carriers, and this is an economic pain for european politicians may be willing to tolerate but impossible to try to get rid of the world's largest exporters of oil and petroleum products without having economic consequences and these consequences will be global due to the tension in the global supply chain, suppliers of goods faced with jumps in fuel prices in between , analysts say there is one eu proposal for sanctions that can actually to change the situation and have a significant impact on the economy of russia friends if shipping insurance is canceled - it will mean that companies will not be able to insure transportation goods from russia and this is a big risk. and if this paton tanker runs aground. and if there is an environmental disaster and they

don’t have insurance while europe is looking for alternative energy supply opportunities, russia continues to sell oil to india and china, although it is often forced to make significant discounts to 30 dollars per barrel below the market value iryna matviychuk dmytro savchuk voice of america calls on activists of the ukrainian community in the usa to boycott companies that refuse to leave the russian market ohio, where the nestle food factory is located, local ukrainians demand that the international company stop doing business in russia, in which other areas of production are ukrainians asking to break off cooperation with the russians, researched by ostap yarysh glory to ukraine glory to the heroes of the first full-scale russian invasion, the ukrainian community on the edge of the grove state joined the protest in in the usa, the community calls on neskle, one of

whose plants is located in their city, to completely stop its business in russia, we don't we understand how it is possible on the one hand to feed people and give them the opportunity to eat deliciously, and on the other hand at the same time to watch how the same people kill other people in another country, activists say that the taxes paid in russia go to finance the bloody war against ukraine, everyone logically agree in the ukrainian-american project piscansumers who focus on protecting the rights of us consumers, its creators joined calls to boycott companies that still remain on the russian market, on their website they inform users about such businesses i want to show american consumers that such a company works in russia and i want the american consumer to make a decision

to buy or not to buy this company has podolsky, originally from kharkiv, at the beginning of the invasion of russia there was a part of the piskantsom team who saw with my own eyes how the russian army is shelling the city, now companies want abc to see and their customers on their platforms are endlessly distributing videos with footage of the destruction in ukraine. we want people to really understand that this is a real war, it is not a special military operation is a real war, it is happening in ukraine and people are dying there, it is really terrible, so we show where the tax dollars of those businesses that continue to work in russia go, we want consumers in the usa to know this , the project team says it sees concrete results of its efforts, explains survey among their audience in social networks and found out that almost 80% of their users do not want to do business with

companies that remain on the russian market, and many are even ready to pay more for goods and services of those brands that do not cooperate with russia percent answered that they are ready to overpay by 11 percent and 36% that they are ready to pay 3% more for the current prices, so in total 74% of our users are ready to pay more for the goods of companies that do not work in russia to leave of the russian market, american businesses are calling on the president of the american chamber of commerce in ukraine at the highest level, andy gunder says that russian business is currently growing for us companies not only morally, but also not only you, they have already included investments in ukraine in their business plans post-war ukraine and the possibility of opening or continuing business in ukraine, but according to gunder, there will be many opportunities, and still,

energy and the construction sector will need a lot of glass, just how much after so many bombings, so many rockets, and we will need a warehouse of windows, and building materials, roads, to build schools hospitals here is just a huge list, meanwhile, the ukrainian community of cleveland does not stop the pressure on the nestle company and other businesses that remain on the russian market, activists call join the protest action and sign petitions of ukrainians in other cities and countries. currently, this is the first step, these protests, the next steps will be the calls of the governments of various countries to impose sanctions against those companies that continue to do business with russia ostapyarish kostyantyn golubchyk voice of america stress anxiety, depression, a condition

that is often experienced by people fleeing from war, playing sports in general and football in particular help to fight against national upheavals, because during physical activity the so-called hormones of happiness are produced in lviv local football schools, in particular the academy of the lviv carpathians, give immigrant children the opportunity to play their favorite sport free of charge, how it happens shodlyak and yurii dankevich watched the scrambled eggs for two minutes at the translated press and push-ups in their 10s timofy slyusar keeps in shape and does not lose his balance his football coach sent a video of the stadium in mariupol, where their team from dnipro often competed in tournaments, but the second one is a very good stadium. yes, there

was a roof there, and now it is all collapsed in the bedroom timofey and his mother are comfortable in the lviv area as long as there are no rocket attacks, even hundreds of kilometers from the front, they experienced difficult moments when russian rockets were fired at a military facility near their new home, and one of them was shot down by ukrainian air defense. very close to the shelter in the underground parking lot and only we were about to go out and there was a very loud explosion near us once, then a second time, and then a third time, he grabbed my hand like this, mommy, mommy doesn't go anywhere, mommy , it's very scary, we are underground, we can't see anything, what it happened that they fell on a tank near lviv. when they saw that they were shooting rockets, they hit

houses and anywhere else. he had a knack for the ball, he only played balls, we had toys for him, that's all because we had training sessions every day and on sunday mornings except for saturdays, and on saturdays we had some tournaments . this stadium in lviv with the new artificial coating is carefully maintained for the second month of the war lviv football schools announced that they are inviting immigrant children to free lessons. a week ago, there were more than 45 children. there are still children from the east of the kherson region. we help these children somehow relieve themselves and, plus, they do not forget their favorite activity, football. now the outflow is starting a little bit, because kyiv children are returning home. agreed with the neighboring house where there is an underground parking lot that in case of alarm we hide the children there, a lot of parents come with them

to training well, as far as i can see from the outside they like it here, god forbid they find themselves somewhere in such a situation, well, this is trouble, it’s actually a big trouble. we have no right to refuse zelenskyi . mark kvasha came from a hot spot when it became too dangerous in severodonetsk, his family for three